Crosley Field
| The Old Boomerang Schwab's Field Findlay & Western |
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| Former names | Redland Field (1912–1933) |
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| Location | Findlay Street and Western Avenue, Cincinnati |
| Coordinates | 39°7′0″N 84°32′7″W / 39.11667°N 84.53528°WCoordinates: 39°7′0″N 84°32′7″W / 39.11667°N 84.53528°W |
| Owner | Cincinnati Reds |
| Operator | Cincinnati Reds |
| Capacity | 20,696 (1912–1926) 26,060 (1927–1937) 29,401 (1938–1946) 30,101 (1947–1950) 29,980 (1951–1952) 29,439 (1953–1955) 29,584 (1956–1958) 30,322 (1959–1963) 29,603 (1964–1969) 29,488 (1970) |
| Field size |
1912 Left Field — 360 feet (110 m) Left-Center — 380 feet (116 m) Center Field — 420 feet (128 m) Right-Center — 383 feet (117 m) Right Field — 360 feet (110 m) Backstop — 38 feet (12 m) 1958 Left Field — 328 feet (100 m) Left-Center — 380 feet (116 m) Center Field — 387 feet (118 m) Right-Center — 383 feet (117 m) Right Field — 366 feet (112 m) Backstop — 78 feet (24 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1911 |
| Opened | April 11, 1912 |
| Closed | June 24, 1970 |
| Demolished | April 19, 1972 |
| Construction cost | US$225,000 ($5.58 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Harry Hake |
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Cincinnati Reds (MLB) (1912–1970) Cincinnati Reds (NFL) (1933–1934) Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) (1937 and 1941–1943) Cincinnati Tigers (NAL) (1937) Cincinnati Buckeyes (NAL) (1942) Cincinnati Clowns (NAL) (1943–1945) |
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Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second (1937) and third American Football League (1940–41). Contrary to popular belief, it was not the original home of the current NFL franchise of the same name (the home of those Bengals in 1968 and 1969 was nearby Nippert Stadium, located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati). Crosley Field was on an asymmetrical block bounded by Findlay Street (south), Western Avenue (northeast, angling), York Street (north) and McLean Avenue (west) in the Queensgate section of the city. Crosley has the distinction of being the first major-league park with lights for playing night games.
The "Findlay and Western" intersection was the home field of the Reds from 1884 until mid-season 1970, when the team moved to Riverfront Stadium. The location of the diamond and consequently the main grandstand seating area was shifted several times during the 86½ seasons that the Reds played at the site. Three different parks stood there:
Between the 1911 and 1912 seasons, the entire seating area of the Palace of the Fans as well as the remaining seating from the original League Park were demolished. They were replaced with the third steel-and-concrete stadium in the National League. It consisted of a double-deck grandstand around the diamond, positioned in the southwest corner of the lot. Beyond first and third base were single-deck covered pavilions extended to the corners, with bleachers in the right field area. The unusual angle of the covered areas down the lines, and behind home plate gave that area a distinctive "V" shape, giving rise to one of several nicknames the park had, "The Old Boomerang."
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